22.4 cm (8 7/8 in.) high

Provenance:
C. T. Loo (1881-1957), collection no. 40.45
Mrs G. M. G. Forman, Buffalo, New York
Akron Art Museum, Ohio
Christie's New York, 6 November 1980, Lot 154
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1985
The Bella and P. P. Chiu collection
Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1993
Christie’s New York, 19 September 2013, lot 1103
Christie's Hong Kong, On the Studio Desk, 27 November 2019,
Literature:
Meidiguo Zhuyi Jielue di Woguo Yinzhou Qingtongqi Jilu, Institute of Archaeology, Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ed.), Beijing, 1962, p.302, no. A30; p.195, no.60 (ink rubbing of inscription), Taipei, 1980
Chen Mengjia, Yinzhou Qingtongqi Fenlei Tulu, Tokyo, 1977, pls.A30, R60
Noel Barnard and Cheung Kwong-yue, Rubbings and Hand Copies of Bronze Inscriptions in Chinese, Japanese, European and Australasian Collections, Taipei, 1978, pl. 1487
Zhou Fagao, Complementary of Bronze Inscriptions from the Three Dynasties, 1980
Sun Zhichu, Jiwen Zhulu Jian Mu, Beijing, 1981, pl.0078
Yan Yiping, A General Collection of Inscriptions on the Bronzes, Yee Wen Publishing Company, Taipei, 1983
Hayashi Minao, In Shu Jidai Seidoki no Kenkyu (Conspectus of Yin and Zhou Bronzes), Vol. 1, Tokyo, 1984, p.54, no.47
Jessica Rawson, The Bella and P.P. Chiu Collection of Ancient Chinese Bronzes, Hong Kong, 1988, no.7
Integration of Inscriptions on Bronze in Yin and Zhou Dynasties (Revised Edition), Institute of Archaeology Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (ed.), Beijing: Zhonghua Book Company, 2007
Wu Zhenfeng, Illustrated Collection of Inscriptions on Bronze Vessels of Shang and Zhou Dynasties, Shanghai Ancient Books Publishing House, 2012
Chen Mengjia, Meiguo Suocang Zhongguo Tongqi Jilu (Revised Edition), Vol.1, Beijing, 2019, p.40, no.A30
Exhibited:
Twenty Five Years, Eskenazi Ltd., London, 1985, no. 4
lot 2802

Price estimate:
HKD: 12,000,000 - 15,000,000
USD: 1,528,700 - 1,910,800

Auction Result:
HKD: --